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| (1) When any such statement is presented as aforesaid, the forest officer may, after making such inquiry as he thinks fit, either reject the claim after recording his reasons for so doing, or deliver the timber to the claimant. |
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| (2) If such timber is claimed by more than one person, the forest officer may either deliver the same to any of such persons whom he deems entitled thereto, or may refer the claimants to the civil court and retain the timber pending the receipt of an order from such court for its disposal. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts